Military ranks of Bhutan

The Military ranks of Bhutan are the military insignia used by the Military of Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Additionally, Bhutan does not have an air force. India is responsible for military training, arms supplies and the air defense of Bhutan.[1]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank groupGeneral / flag officersSenior officersJunior officersOfficer cadet
 Royal Bhutan Army[2]
གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ །
Gung blon gong ma
གུང་ བློན་ འོག མ །
Gung blon 'og ma
མདོ་ འཛིན །
Mdo 'dzin
དམག་ སྲིད་ གོང མ །
Dmag srid gong ma
དམག་ སྲིད་ འོག མ །
Dmag srid 'og ma
ལིང་ དཔོན །
Ling dpon
སྤྱི་ དཔོན །
Spyi dpon
སྡེ་ གོང་ །
Sde gong
Lieutenant generalMajor generalBrigadierColonelLieutenant colonelMajorCaptainLieutenant

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank groupSenior NCOsJunior NCOsEnlisted
 Royal Bhutan Army[2]
No insignia
འགྲིམ་ དཔོན་ གོང མ །
Drimpongom
སྡེ་ འགྲིམ །
Dedrim
འགྲིམ་ དཔོན །
Drimpon
སྤེལ་ དཔོན །
Pelpon
སྤེལ་ རྒྱབ །
Peljab
འགོ་ པ །
Gopa
Warrant officer 1st classWarrant officer 2nd classWarrant officer 3rd classSergeantCorporalLance corporalPrivate

References

  • "Royal Bhutan Army". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. 9 March 2013.